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Compared to six months ago, are you advertising or otherwise promoting your business today a lot more, a little more, a little less, a lot less, or has there been no change?
Is the most important reason for the promotion increase:?
Is the most important reason for the promotion reduction:?
Compared to six months ago, are you personally spending a lot more time, a little more time, a little less time, or a lot less time courting customers or potential customers, or has there been no change?
Is the most important reason for the increase:?
Compared to six months ago, is your entire firm putting a lot more emphasis on sales and selling, or a lot less emphasis on sales and selling, or has there been no change in selling efforts?
Is the reason for putting more emphasis on selling because:?
Compared to six months ago, are you personally spending a lot more time working for the business, a little more time, a little less time, or a lot less time, or has there been no change?
(working for the business) Why? Is it because:?
Compared to six months ago, are you watching your cash flow today a lot more carefully, a little more carefully, a little less carefully, or a lot less carefully, or has there been no change?
(cash flow) Why? Is it because:?
Compared to six months ago, are you or someone on your behalf collecting your receivables a lot more aggressively today, a little more aggressively, a little less aggressively, a lot less aggressively, has there been no change, or are receivables really not applicable to your business?
(collecting receivables) Why are you doing that? Is it because:?
Compared to six months ago, are you slowing payments to vendors today a lot more often, a little more often, a little less often, or a lot less often, or has there been no change?
Compared to six months ago, are your overall selling prices generally a lot lower today, a little lower, a little higher, a lot higher, or has there been no change?
(selling prices) Is it because:?
Compared to six months ago, have your business operating hours increased a lot or a little; have they been reduced a little or a lot, or has there been no change?
Did you increase operating hours:?
Did you reduce operating hours:?
Compared to six months ago, are you watching your inventory levels a lot more closely, a little more closely, a little less closely, or a lot less closely, has there been no change, or are inventories really not applicable to your business?
Are you watching your inventories more carefully because:?
Including major purchases of plant, equipment, vehicles or land – have you reduced, postponed or cancelled plans that you had six months ago to invest or reinvest in this business substantially or a little, increased plans a little or substantially, plans have pretty much remained on schedule, or ...
Did you reduce, postpone, or cancel your planned increase investment because:?
Did you increase your planned investment because:?
Compared to six months ago, is the total number of employees working for you today more or less, or is it the same? About how many more/less?
Is the primary reason for the smaller number of employees because of:?
In the last six months, have you checked with your primary financial institution to determine if there could be any issues obtaining credit in the immediate future should borrowing become necessary?
Is business activity in your local area:?
Is business activity in your area getting:?
Is your firm’s business activity:?
Is your firm’s business activity getting:?
Are 90 percent or more of your sales made to customers located within 50 miles of your business?
Over the last six months or so, have you followed the activity of the Federal Reserve Board:?
In the last six months have you made any business decisions as a direct result of action taken by the Federal Reserve Board?
Is the tone of the decision or decisions you made based on Federal Reserve action to:?
Volume 8, Issue 1, 2008 ISSN - 1534-8326
Willian J. Dennis, Jr. NFIB Research Foundation